Make a backup of your "interfaces" file and then try this.. and then reboot...... # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary wired network interface auto eth0 # The wireless network interface auto wlan0 # Maybe should change the above to # allow-hotplug wlan0 (from auto wlan0) # but it should always be plugged in at boot anyway iface wlan0 inet manual wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf # the "roam" means with only one network set it will # try to reconnect if the connection is lost # Default connection (for all connections) iface default inet static address 10.1.1.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.1.1.255 gateway 10.1.1.1 dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 4.4.4.4 # dns-nameservers (google) just in case...